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ampersine

@ampersine@mastodon.online

Fresh bad takes daily. Trying to remain optimistic in the face of ignorance. Same username on the bird site. This account is mostly political stuff. [searchable]

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ampersine, to random
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Sometimes everything, uh, comes together for the perfect headline.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/giant-phallus-shaped-iceberg-floating-in-conception-bay-surprises-residents-of-dildo-canada

ampersine, to random
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What's next, bringing back leaded gasoline?

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-lawmakers-pass-bill-allowing-radioactive-material-be-built-into-florida-roads/GOCH74D4A5C2VAJDFKQQEPCVK4/

jeffjarvis, to random
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Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/books/scholastic-book-racism-maggie-tokuda-hall.html?smid=tw-share

ampersine,
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@c0dec0dec0de @danritz @EddiKat @jeffjarvis
This one works
https://archive.is/9acds

ampersine, to random
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"'Highly respected, talented physicians are leaving,' the hospital wrote in a statement. 'Recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult. In addition, the Idaho Legislature continues to introduce and pass bills that criminalize physicians for medical care nationally recognized as the standard of care.'"

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/04/after-idahos-strict-abortion-ban-ob-gyns-stage-a-q/

rbreich, to random
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News flash: If you outlaw abortions, stop people from voting, ban discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, and criminalize providing gender affirming care for trans youth, you don’t get to call yourself the party of "limited government."

ampersine,
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@rbreich Nor do you get to call your state the "Free State of [state name]"

pbump, to random
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I don't want to freak anyone out, but Americans think things are out of control, whatever those things might be. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/polling-americans-republicans-democrats/

ampersine,
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@pbump I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of things until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on

ampersine, to space
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A privately-built Japanese spacecraft, HAKUTO-R, will soon attempt to land on the Moon. If it succeeds, it will be the first ever commercial craft to touch down on the lunar surface (without crashing).

The live stream begins at 11 AM ET.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpR1UUnix3g

dell, to random
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Asked by Semafor if Tucker Carlson's firing had anything to do with a harassment lawsuit recently filed by a former Fox News producer -- one who'd worked on Carlson's show -- the ex-producer's attorney responded: "I have no comment on those reports other than to say that timing is a matter of physics, and as such is undeniable.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/24/2023/tucker-carlson-is-leaving-fox-news

ampersine,
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@dell
"Murdoch is also said to be concerned over Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which the host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents."

Yeah, Rupert was soooo terribly concerned about it that he didn't take action in the 2+ years Carlson has been spreading that propaganda, or even in the 6 weeks since he ran Veritas-style chopped up video clips trying to advance the theory even further...

malwaretech, to random

Working on a browser extension that supports both automatic blocking and soft-blocking of Twitter Blue users. If the soft-blocking mode is set, it can hide tweets from Twitter Blue users without needing to send any requests to the Twitter server. It also has support for excluding accounts you follow or who have more than X followers.

ampersine,
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@malwaretech
Excellent, can't wait to get my BluBlocker on

micahflee, to random

How Elon Musk Turned the Blue Checkmark Into a Scarlet Letter
“The masses are not balking at paying for Twitter Blue because they’re trying to shelter themselves within a crumbling elitist internet order, but because they think Musk is offering an unworthy product and is also a dickhead.”
https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checkmarks-verification-lebron-james.html

ampersine,
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@micahflee

ampersine, to random
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A former state senator was stopped at an airport with two loaded handguns in his carry-on bag. He was allowed to take his guns to his car, come back, board his flight, and continue his trip.

A different Arkansas man was stopped at an airport with one unloaded handgun (plus mags) in his carry-on bag. He was arrested, will be fined up to $15,000, and the TSA issued a public statement admonishing him.

Two Americas...

https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/former-arkansas-senator-stopped-with-loaded-guns-at-little-rock-airport/

https://www.kark.com/crime/arkansas-man-arrested-after-tsa-detects-gun-at-pittsburgh-airport/

Arkansas man arrested after TSA detects gun at Pittsburgh airport

ampersine, to random
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During the summer of 2021, in Aspen, Colorado, someone bought an acre of land for $10 million. Just eight months later in the spring of 2022, they sold it for $76.5 million, earning an incomprehensible $65 million profit in less than a year's time.

The lucky profiteer is the cousin of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. And the buyer who gave him tens of millions of dollars "too much" is apparently a Russian oligarch.

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/moscow-tie-lingered-for-1a-developer/

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